Drive down to this beautiful lake from Interlaken for a day spent amid nature and its myriad marvels. Located just north of the Alps, Lake Brienz is about 14 km in length and 2.8 km in width and all these at an elevation of 1850 ft above sea level! The lake gets its name from a nearby village called Brienz. Before the 10th century, this lake was even bigger as Lake Thun was not yet divided by a tongue of land called Bodeli. Passenger ships have been plying over the waters of Lake Brienz since 1839 and you can enjoy a ride on one of them even today.